How does Bluetooth compare to WI-FI (802.11b)?
Compared to WI-FI, Bluetooth is: • More immune to interference • More secure • Much lower in power consumption • Less expensive Wilcoxon does not regard Bluetooth and WI-FI as competing technologies. In fact, the two technologies can and do co-exist. We have successfully installed systems where we use BlueLynx wireless units to transmit across an industrial room to an access point. The access point then connects wirelessly to a WI-FI local area network (LAN). The LAN passes the signal on to the internet, at which point the signal can be transmitted across the country or across the globe.
